Funny or Die

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comedy website entertainment company production company

Funny or Die is a comedy video website and production company known for its celebrity-driven sketches and viral online content.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Funny or Die canonical	17
Funny or Die Presents	6
Funny or Die website	2
Funny or Die Studios	1
Funny or Die short	1
Funny or Die shorts	1
Funny or Die videos	1
Funny or Die: Between Two Ferns – Barack Obama episode	1
funnyordie.com	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T611852 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Funny or Die
Context triple: [Will Ferrell, coFounded, Funny or Die]

A. The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio best known for their digital shorts and parody songs on Saturday Night Live, including hits like "Lazy Sunday" and "I'm on a Boat."
B. Just for Laughs
Just for Laughs is a major international comedy festival, best known for its stand-up performances, galas, and televised specials that showcase comedians from around the world.
C. FXX
FXX is an American cable television channel owned by FX Networks that primarily airs comedy series and adult-oriented entertainment.
D. WingNut Films
WingNut Films is a New Zealand-based film production company founded by Peter Jackson, best known for producing large-scale fantasy and adventure films including The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
E. Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-Head is an animated comedy series created by Mike Judge that follows two dim-witted teenage slackers known for their crude humor, heavy metal obsession, and satirical commentary on music videos and pop culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Funny or Die
Target entity description: Funny or Die is a comedy video website and production company known for its celebrity-driven sketches and viral online content.

A. The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio best known for their digital shorts and parody songs on Saturday Night Live, including hits like "Lazy Sunday" and "I'm on a Boat."
B. Just for Laughs
Just for Laughs is a major international comedy festival, best known for its stand-up performances, galas, and televised specials that showcase comedians from around the world.
C. FXX
FXX is an American cable television channel owned by FX Networks that primarily airs comedy series and adult-oriented entertainment.
D. WingNut Films
WingNut Films is a New Zealand-based film production company founded by Peter Jackson, best known for producing large-scale fantasy and adventure films including The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
E. Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-Head is an animated comedy series created by Mike Judge that follows two dim-witted teenage slackers known for their crude humor, heavy metal obsession, and satirical commentary on music videos and pop culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy website ⓘ entertainment company ⓘ production company ⓘ
businessModel	ad-supported ⓘ branded content production ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Hollywood actors ⓘ comedians ⓘ musicians ⓘ
contentType	original programming ⓘ user-submitted videos ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributionChannel	online streaming ⓘ television ⓘ
focusesOn	short-form video content ⓘ sketch comedy ⓘ
foundedBy	Adam McKay ⓘ Chris Henchy ⓘ Mark Kvamme ⓘ Mark Kvamme ⓘ surface form: Michael Kvamme Will Ferrell ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ
hasNotableSeries	Between Two Ferns ⓘ Drunk History ⓘ Funny or Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Funny or Die Presents
hasNotableVideo	Funny or Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Funny or Die: Between Two Ferns – Barack Obama episode Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad ⓘ Prop 8: The Musical ⓘ The Landlord ⓘ
hasOfficeLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ San Mateo ⓘ
hasParentCompany	Gary Sanchez Productions ⓘ
hasSocialMediaPresenceOn	Facebook ⓘ Instagram ⓘ Twitter, Inc. ⓘ surface form: Twitter YouTube ⓘ
hasSubsidiary	Funny or Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Funny or Die Studios
hasWebsite	Funny or Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: funnyordie.com
industry	entertainment ⓘ online video ⓘ
knownFor	celebrity-driven comedy sketches ⓘ political satire videos ⓘ viral online videos ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
launchDate	2007-04-12 ⓘ
produced	@midnight segments ⓘ Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis ⓘ Billy on the Street ⓘ Drunk History ⓘ Funny or Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Funny or Die Presents

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